This is it ..

This is it.. This is where the realization had begun .. ! It was just those names in the air that differed then ..the Airport.. the place.. the feelings remain the same.Last time I couldnt go out of the airport,this time I did not want to go out of the airport,I wanted to take the next flight.I wanted to turn the clock back & celebrate those 60 days again & relive the 1.5 yrs after that.

The eternal Dosti..

Another Friendship day !

It may sound like yet another friendship day..but this is to thank each one of u.. There aint a single day when I dont remember the most important people in my life.. absolutely no day !Wherever u all are.. wot matters is.. u are still special to me.. and i really hope we'd all spend time like we did in our prime time.. it will happen.. my extra sense has never failed me..U may not even know today that I have a broken healing leg.. but i know u'd always wish the best for me.. I'd hopefully play from 2mrw :)

Last but not the least.. Its been an year here.. and i like 'em all.. !awesomeness...=iift....

Happy B'day Sachin

The only people who have remained constant in my life over the last 20 years are my parents,sister & Sachin ! as one of my friends puts it " jabse hosh sambhala bas sachin ka hi naam suna hai"..its been 20 years .. Everytime this man plays I watch with the same enthusiasm as I might have watched him bat for the first time..Bunked school..screwed exams..got up early mornings..to watch him bat in in Newzealand.. Australia.. stayed up late nights to watch him bat in the Caribbean..and been to the stadium twice to watch him score centuries...!.next year world cup 2011.. I'd be there in the stadium to cheer for him..! I wonder what it would be like when he retires..!anyways for now I hope he wins the ipl.. ! Happy b'day Sachin !

They are all busy

This post is more on a lighter note a research work - a general observation which I have made over time.. over lots of people and not just one or two individuals. Probably a combination of Psychology & Technology...Here is how it starts..

Long ago, in 2004 when I use to login to gtalk,my friend list use to be empty and little did explore the world of gtalk.But over the last 3-4 yrs gtalk has caught up like crazy, u can virtually be online the whole day and can definitely talk to all the people u have talked to atleast once in ur life. But there is a small catch here, over the last 3-4 yrs people have become exceedingly busy ,probably the work load in the world has increased over this span of time but surprisingly I dont feel it that much . Here is small e.g of a conversation (ficitious but close to true)

you : Hi wassup ... 10.00 pm

me : Hey !! long time.. i'm good . how u ..?10.01 pm

you : fyne .. 10.20( after 20 mins)

me : ok.. where ru located these days 10.22

you : USA.. 10.30 ( the most common reply - shud have guessed :D)

me : cool.. ( even I start using monosyllables by now ) 10.31

me : so hows life been there. .. ? 10.40

you : nothing much.. 10.58

me : ru busy ? 11.00

you : hmmm 11.15

Now this is just a small example of the kinda conversations I have on gtalk these days . The question is why the f*@# do u ping when ur busy ? U ask any individual and he/she would talk of their busy schedules for the rest of their lives.. Some of the quotes which I can remember justifying their busy days..

I have gotta a meeting coming up ( Yea yea we all know you gotta meeting with the Prime minister.. )

My client is different,they'd go mad if I dont deliver (yea baby.. This is a secret which You need to know- All the IT freaks in India give the same statement.. :D )

I have a presentation,assignment and 2 tests tomorrow ! damn shit loads of work ! (oops its the first time someones encountering such a big problem,my sympathies with u )

I have a fest which I'm organizing ... ( wow !you are the showstealer.. ! indispensable I know .. ! The fest would stop if u wud talk to any non entity on gtalk :D)

Again these were just a few of the comments I hear from people regularly..I use to always believe in 100% commitment when I'm talking to someone,it does not mean you stop all ur other work and chat,but there definitely is an art to make the other person feel that you are talking to him/her while you can parallely manage all ur work or other chat windows ( some people prioritize their chat windows - funny ).Ofcourse for the last 4-6 months I guess even I have stopped all this.. As they say - In rome,be a roman..

I 'm not sure if being busy is a measure of prosperity but it certainly is a must these days, now that I'm going through a MBA life, I can definitely vouch for the fact that life aint that busy as most of the MBA grads will tell u . Not that my institute is lax about anything.. the only difference being I dont talk about it .. cuz I do feel there is enough time for everything,I know of some who were constantly busy throughout the 2 yrs of MBA and would only talk in monosyllables or one liners.An MBA from any part of the country or the world cant be drastically different.Lectures,Presentations,Assignments,Teammeetings,Groupwork,video shooting on streets,surveys,skits,Exams,Quizzes,Vivas,Fests,symposiums,sponsorships,Elections ,Sports ,Parties,Outings,Hostel and people label this as busy schedules.. Yes,I'm a narcissist ,I believe in my abilities more than anyone else does, but its hard to accept that I could be so much more efficient than most of these other great souls who themselves are part of elite institutions. There could be one implication :

a. people give more than 200% in their MBAs and I'm just giving 50% which is not true.. i'm giving a 100%, probably I dont see the need for doing 200% (its shear waste)

Whatever it is ,I cant demystify as to why people have been so busy over the last couple of yrs, I prefer the old days when a friend called up once in 2-3 months to talk about his whereabouts and stuff.. rather than the 1 liners on gtalk,though I have adapted to their style of talkin in 1 liners , I dont enjoy it much & will continue with it only till I really get 'busy' or can find the reason as to why they are all busy :)

Poetry

Trying my hands @ Poetry after a long gap.. it took me 45 mins to come up with this last night,!!yes I just loved composing poems @ one point of time...Thanking Mrs Cathey,Mrs Hanah,Mrs David,Mrs Nalini & Mrs Arahana who made me simply love English Literature.. I hope I have done some justice.. to their efforts ..whether good or bad. I'm satisfied .. !

Tranquility sings in reminiscence ,

to resurrect the soul,that riped,

Those clustered cells dont sing

like they did, years ago.

The chords dont strike nomore,

They take cues from far & cry,

To the vocalist of destiny,

I'm the Mozart of no sly.

Extinguished voice,to all,

The rhythm plays to none,

A sound that one day,

will trickle down elsewhere

Sounds not one ,seldom understand,

they shrivel,and stay,

Music it is, they think to their ears,

Only to know the Mozart's last tears.

Thanks,

Vinay

Finally a Recap

I wonder if I would make this a habit at the end of every trimester.. ! The fact that I'm contemplating on penning down thoughts about it depicts that it does atleast deserve a post.. The trimester 2 started for me in the flight from Bangalore to Delhi , rushing from my cousin's engagement to the airport around 5pm where I got a call from one of my friends that I had to fill a 8 page long form with all kinds of essays to be submitted by 12 am ,You see Beggars are not choosers( you would know why as you read on) and I had to make sure that I submit this form to atleast have a shot at the company for the summers. I filled the form during the travel, though the essays were thought provoking I did not have the time to provoke thoughts midair and filled it with my best possible creativity. I reached hostel at 11.30 pm ,stuck my photo onto the form and submitted it at 12 am at the batchmeet where the first company on campus for the morning had been announced.Guess what I hadnt even applied( not that it made a difference.)

So the dream week went on (4-5 companies),we oldies did not get shortlisted anywhere, saw freshers get ample chances,though results were never announced that week + the company for which I filled the form religiously in the flight did not shortlist me either. According to me 4 days in the Auditorium was best summed up by "Suit Boot me Aaya Kanaaya Band Bajaane ko " . thats what we all did - took bath,wore suits,looked good and did not even get shortlisted and went back to hostel . Soon it was sunday,so that week came to a close, . The new week would have officially kicked off with Day zero . The day of dreams . I just did not know what to do on sunday - ofcourse I was not shortlisted for another dream company that day . I remember my roomies studying that day and also majority of the people in the batch were, but I found a few like minded people and we left for a movie "Inglorious Bastards" . Came back in the night and knew after the batchmeet where 16 companies for the day were announced that I couldnt create a miracle in 6 hours so I was better off sleeping . The clock struck 7 and for a change it was me who woke the rest ,we headed to the auditorium . The first shortlist of the day was announced and as usual my fate did not change .

It was around 8.40 am when I was just strolling around our huge and ofcourse crowded auditorium at that time when my name was announced in a shortlist and guess what it was one of those companies for which I had a secret desire for . Attended its presentation during which I told myself " that this should be it" ,"you cant goof this up " and after 30 minutes of an interview ,I was satisfied with myself, I did not even bother checking other shortlists after that, I was rather attending company presentations. not that I was sure about my selection but i think it was just that I was happy with my interview and I guess in reality the mere fact that I got a shortlist :D and an intusion of making it to the company.

I got a call around 3 pm for a second round from the company. 4 of us managed the call .Though I was disappointed as I was never ready for another round . I had closed shop for the day plus the other 3 were extremely good .It wouldnt have been easy overcoming these guys. But guess what the second round was a "spot offer" and nothing could have pleased me more. The first people to get placed on day zero and that too with spot offers and highest package! I remember returning to the auditorium where everyone waits for their shortlist ,it almost felt like a warrior returning from the battlefield and being greeted on victory.

I sincerely hoped during that week that everyone got placed, cuz thats how it is here everyone is freaking good here,but the market wasn't still . Weeks which followed were somber followed by some ecstatic - parties which one wouldn't forget, definitely there cant be better b schools in India for the Night parties ,as commented by some outsiders as well and thats a fact which I endorse too . UWL followed which I again believe is one of the best concepts in the country ,it really is a combination of sports ,marketing,finance & management.My team lifted the cup , and I believe there couldnt be a better feeling than this in sports.

Quovadis- the management festival of IIFT was conducted. I slogged like crazy for this one. Missed classes,sleep,food everything for a couple of weeks to get the website running . The vendor was a real pain but in the end the website ran ok , though the fest could have been way better. Competitions happened .Made it to couple of finals ,also ended up runners up in a major event, though I must admit my contribution here was less. Only that my team members are too humble and still hold on to the claim that I was a contributer.Trim came almost to an end. Projects came up . Group assignments happened .Opinions about people changed . You certainly dont get easy and straightforward people everywhere, this time it was really tough to handle and is still .

Projects were a pain this time but we managed them ,exams were even bigger a pain, dont know if I managed them . In the end I just wanted them to end and wanted to be here typing this post about a long and eventful trimester. Definitely I have only mentioned 50% of the things that happened last trimester. The dyanmics of things within IIFT is mysterious and I still maintain that Life at IIFT is in the beholder's eye and certain things are either too silly/ or need lot of explanation before they are shared here cuz they dont make sense .

I hear that trimester 3 is the toughest in IIFT, and coincidently I feel like doing a lot of other things this trimester. God-Please save me in trimester 2 (past) and Trimester 3 (present) . Hopefully this time when I fly back to Delhi ,I wouldn't have to start my trimester midair :D

The change..

to say the least... things change from today( 5.30 am)..after lot of contemplation..& conclusions..

too tired & dissapointed ..rest laters...